Thanks Jack - I'll try that later today. On both machines I started installation as a user but entered the logon/password for admin privileges when asked. Usually this works just the same as installing from the chosen admin account. But see next para...
In the meantime, I discovered that it's only on the initial run of the program that "Run as admin" is needed. Subsequently it fires up OK straight from a user account. My guess is that most people (I just had to be different ;-) install from an admin account and immediately run the program, so this behaviour would not be noticed. Alec -----Original Message----- From: Jack [mailto:ostrof...@sbcglobal.net] Sent: 31 May 2014 15:22 To: 'KMyMoney KDE Development List' Cc: Alec Evans Subject: Re: [Kmymoney-devel] Comments about KMyMoney (required privs on Windows) On 2014.05.30 09:58, Alec Evans wrote: > Hi Alvaro, > > In the meantime good news - here's the text of my reply to Allan: > > Hi Allan, > > Thanks for the quick response. > > I downloaded kmymoney-x86-setup-4.6.4.exe from sourceforge.net. > > However, pleased to report that I have cracked the problem in the last > couple of minutes - the AHA! moment was when I found that the program > only starts if you "Run as an administrator". Simple when you know > how. > > I checked it on my "other" laptop - also running Windows7 64 bit - and > the same applies. > > On either machine, if run in "user" mode nothing noticeable happens, > other than maybe a bit of a tick from an HDD. > > Although I've been using Windows 7 for around 5 years, I still keep > the admin / user demarcation from XP days. I find that having to type > in a password rather than just (unthinkingly) clicking on what could > be a major system change gives an extra bit of security. > > I didn't see anything about using admin mode in the installation guide > - could I suggest mentioning this somewhere? > > Thanks again - I've been looking for something to replace MS Money for > a good few years so I'm really pleased to have found this program. > > Alec (Allan - I'm subscribed to the list.) Before I add anything about this to the docs, I'd like a confirmation that this is correct and expected behavior. I see no reason a userland program like KMM should need admin privs under Windows (any version). I suspect something incorrect happened during the installation. Alec - when you ran the downloaded setup program, did you run that as a user or as admin? If as admin, is it possible for you to uninstall and then try installing NOT as an admin? That's only a guess on my part - I'll see if I can find a Windows machine to test on myself. Jack= _______________________________________________ KMyMoney-devel mailing list KMyMoney-devel@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kmymoney-devel
